Sunday 2 January 2011

Hungerford hunkered down

Decided to go see the Kennet & Avon at Hungerford on Friday. A grey day and still quite a lot of ice. Walked a bit of the towpath and came across the first swing bridge we'd seen, where a track crosses the canal. Met a couple who’ve had their first boat for just a few weeks, enthusing about the friendliness of the people they’d encountered in that time. P.m. we cut across country to Pewsey wharf, with a lot more boats, but not much sign of life – everything is very locked down. N.b. Muriel was there, but not the Aqualine Madison whose blog we’d seen. Home via Amesbury and Old Sarum.